Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 34:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 34:23 within “Eleazar, Joshua, and Ten Leaders Will Divide the Land,” locates this action inside the complete leadership case rather than granting unchecked power; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Read It With
- Numbers 34:16–29
Read Numbers 34:23 with 34:16–29. It within “Eleazar, Joshua, and Ten Leaders Will Divide the Land,” locates this action inside the complete leadership case rather than granting unchecked power; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: The LORD appoints Eleazar and Joshua with one named leader from each receiving tribe to oversee land inheritance, and Moses identifies them in tribal order.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 34:23 within “Eleazar, Joshua, and Ten Leaders Will Divide the Land,” locates this action inside the complete leadership case rather than granting unchecked power; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. Its responsible force depends on 34:16–29; isolated from “Eleazar, Joshua, and Ten Leaders Will Divide the Land,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 34:16–29 — Eleazar, Joshua, and Ten Leaders Will Divide the LandSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 34:16–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 34:16–29
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